Bucket for cleaning flat mop

ABSTRACT

A bucket for cleaning a flat mop, includes a bucket body; and bucket cap covered on the bucket body. The bucket body has a squeezing section in middle thereof, and a clean water section and a drainage section provided on both sides of the squeezing section, respectively. The squeezing section includes a mop rod receiving cavity and a mop head receiving cavity in communication with the mop rod receiving cavity. The clean water section is adjacent to the mop rod receiving cavity, and a flowing hole is located between the clean water section and the mop rod receiving cavity, and the drainage section is adjacent to the mop head receiving cavity. The bucket cap also has a controlling valve component adjacent to the flowing hole, and the controlling valve component controls the clean water in the clean water section to flow into the squeezing section via the flowing hole.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of floor cleaning devices, and particular to a bucket for cleaning flat mop.

BACKGROUND

A mop is a long-handled cleaning device used for cleaning the floor, which has a simple structure and a low cost. A flat mop is one kind of mop, which has a mop rod fixed to connector, the connector is hinged to a hinge, and the hinge is hinger to a connecting base of the mop head, the mop fabric covered, adhered, or fastened to the mop head. The mop fabric can always be kept in contact with the ground when in use, and the mop fabric can also be easily removed during cleaning, making the flat mop popular among users.

Since the mop fabric needs to be manually removed from the flat mop head so as to be squeezed or cleaned before and after use, in order to prevent the user from making hands dirty, a conventional flat mop is equipped with a cleaning bucket, so as to clean and squeeze the mop fabric without removing the mop fabric.

A conventional bucket for cleaning flat mop includes a squeezing section inside thereof, clean water sections on both sides, and a drainage section around the clean water sections and the squeezing section. The water in squeezing section is cleaned and exchanged transporting water from the clean water sections to the squeezing section, then the drainage is discharged into the drainage section and then be discharged. Since the clean water section is located on sides of the squeezing section, the water overflowed from the squeezing section can be easily flown into the cleaning water during cleaning the flat mop, thereby polluting the clean water in the clean water section.

SUMMARY

In view of the shortcomings of the prior art described above, a bucket for cleaning a flat mop is provided, which is properly divided into sections, such that the clean water in the clean water section will not be polluted by drainage, ensuring that the water transported from the clean water section into the squeezing section keeps clean.

The present disclosure is achieved by such technical solutions:

A bucket for cleaning a flat mop, includes a bucket body; and bucket cap covered on the bucket body. The bucket body is provided with a squeezing section in middle thereof, and a clean water section and a drainage section provided on both sides of the squeezing section, respectively. The squeezing section includes a mop rod receiving cavity and a mop head receiving cavity in communication with the mop rod receiving cavity. The clean water section is adjacent to the mop rod receiving cavity, and a flowing hole is located between the clean water section and the mop rod receiving cavity, and the drainage section is adjacent to the mop head receiving cavity. The bucket cap also has a controlling valve component adjacent to the flowing hole, and the controlling valve component controls the clean water in the clean water section to flow into the squeezing section via the flowing hole.

Preferably, the bottom surface of the mop rod receiving cavity is higher than the bottom surface of the mop head receiving cavity.

Preferably, an overflow groove is located on a sidewall of the squeezing section adjacent to the drainage section.

Preferably, a first blocking plate and a second blocking plate are located between the drainage section and the clean water section, the first blocking plate is connected to an end of the mop rod receiving cavity adjacent to the clean water section, and the second blocking plate is connected to an end of the mop head receiving cavity adjacent to the drainage section.

Preferably, the controlling valve component includes an adjusting rotary knob provided on the bucket cap, a valve spool connected to the adjusting rotary knob, and a sealing plug mounted on the valve spool, an end of the valve spool is mounted to a bottom of the clean water section, and the sealing plug plugs on the flowing hole.

Preferably, a squeezing device and a pulley received in the mop head receiving cavity are mounted on the bucket cap, and the squeezing device is opposite to the pulley.

Preferably, the squeezing device includes a water diverting plate, a diverting rod mounted on an end of the water diverting plate, and a jagged scraping plate above the water diverting plate, a gap is formed between the water diverting plate and the jagged scraping plate, and the diverting rod is slidably mounted on the bucket cap.

Preferably, the water diverting plate includes a tilted end, and the tilted end extends away from the jagged scraping plate.

Preferably, extending lines of the water diverting plate and the jagged scraping plate form an angle ranging from 30°-50°.

Preferably, the bucket cap includes a tilted surface above the jagged scraping plate, and a plurality of discharge holes a located on the tilted surface.

Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has the following advantages:

The bucket according the present disclosure is properly re-divided into squeezing section, clean water section, and the drainage section, the mop rod receiving cavity of the squeezing section is adjacent to the clean water section, the mop head receiving cavity is adjacent to the drainage section. Therefore, the clean water in the clean water section will not be polluted by drainage, ensuring that the water transported from the clean water section into the squeezing section keeps clean.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To illustrate the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments or the prior art are introduced briefly in the following. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can derive other drawings from the accompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bucket for cleaning a flat mop according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the bucket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a bucket cap of the bucket of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the squeezing device of FIG. 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present disclosure will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings. A preferred embodiment is described in the drawings. However, the present disclosure can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed to” another element, it may be directly on the other element or there may be a centered element. When an element is referred to as being “connected to” another element, it may be directly on the other element or there may be a centered element.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art of the field of the present disclosure. The terms used herein in the description of the present disclosure are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, a bucket for cleaning a flat mop according to the present disclosure is shown. The bucket includes a bucket body 10 and bucket cap 20 covered on the bucket body. The bucket body 10 has a squeezing section 11 in middle thereof, a clean water section 12 and a drainage section 13 located on both sides of the squeezing section 11, respectively. The squeezing section 11 includes a mop rod receiving cavity 110 and a mop head receiving cavity 111 in communication with the mop rod receiving cavity 110. The clean water section 12 is adjacent to the mop rod receiving cavity 110, and a flowing hole 120 is located between the clean water section 12 and the mop rod receiving cavity 110, and the drainage section 13 is adjacent to the mop head receiving cavity 111. The bucket cap 20 also has a controlling valve component adjacent to the flowing hole 120, and the controlling valve component controls the clean water in the clean water section 12 to flow into the squeezing section 11 through the flowing hole 120.

The bucket mentioned above is properly re-divided into squeezing section 11, clean water section 12, and the drainage section 13 on the bucket body 10, the mop rod receiving cavity 110 of the squeezing section 11 is adjacent to the clean water section 12, the mop head receiving cavity 111 is adjacent to the drainage section 13, such that the clean water in the clean water section 12 will not be polluted by drainage while the mop is cleaning is the squeezing section 11, ensuring that the water transported from the clean water 12 section into the squeezing section 11 keeps clean. The bucket for cleaning can transport the clean water in the clean water section 12 into the squeezing section 11 through the controlling valve component, thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom surface of the mop rod receiving cavity 110 is higher than the bottom surface of the mop head receiving cavity 111, such that the step of between the mop rod receiving cavity 110 and the mop head receiving cavity 111 ensures more water flowing into the mop head receiving cavity 111. In one of the embodiments, an overflow groove 112 is located on the sidewall of the squeezing section 11 adjacent to the drainage section 13, such that the drainage can flow into the drainage section 13 through the overflow groove 112 while the flat mop is cleaning and squeezing in the mop head receiving cavity 111.

A first blocking plate 131 and a second blocking plate 132 are located between the drainage section 13 and the clean water section 12, the first blocking plate 131 is connected to an end of the mop rod receiving cavity 110 adjacent to the clean water section 12, and the second blocking plate 132 is connected to an end of the mop head receiving cavity 111 adjacent to the drainage section 13. The overflowing clean water in the clean water section 12 can flow into the drainage section 13 through the first blocking plate 131 and the second blocking plate 132, then be discharged outside. In one of the embodiments, the drainage section 13 has a same bottom area size of the clean water section 12, that is, the squeezing section 11 divides the bucket body 10 into the drainage section 13 and the clean water section 12 with same sizes. In an alternative embodiment, the drainage section 13 has a stepped groove near the first blocking plate 131, so as to facilitate the flowing of the drainage. Optionally, a drainage plug 130 is located on the end of the drainage section 13 away from the squeezing section 11, such that the drainage in the drainage section 13 can be plugged or discharged.

The controlling valve component includes an adjusting rotary knob 21 located on the bucket cap 20, a valve spool (not shown) connected to the adjusting rotary knob 21, and a sealing plug (not shown) mounted on the valve spool, an end of the valve spool is mounted to the bottom of the clean water section 12, and the sealing plug is used to plug on the flowing hole 120.

A squeezing device 22 and a pulley 23 received in the mop head receiving cavity 111 are mounted on the bucket cap 20, and the squeezing device 22 is opposite to the pulley 23. By the engagement of the squeezing device 22 and a pulley 23, the mop head can be cleaned and squeezed well in the mop head receiving cavity 111. In one of the embodiments, the squeezing device 22 includes a water diverting plate 220, a diverting rod 221 mounted on an end of the water diverting plate 220, and a jagged scraping plate 222 above the water diverting plate 220, a gap is formed between the water diverting plate 220 and the jagged scraping plate 222, and the diverting rod 221 is slidably mounted on the bucket cap 20. Preferably, the water diverting plate 220 includes a tilted end, and the tilted end extends away from the jagged scraping plate 222. Extending lines of the water diverting plate 220 and the jagged scraping plate 222 form an angle ranging from 30°-50°, such that most of the drainage can be diversed into the drainage section 13 through the water diverting plate 220 .

In an alternative embodiment, the bucket cap 20 includes a tilted surface above the jagged scraping plate 222, and a plurality of discharge holes 223 a located on the tilted surface. The bucket cap 20 also has a water inlet hole corresponding to the clean water section 12, a T-shaped groove corresponding to the squeezing section 11, and a drainage hole corresponding to the drainage section 13.

The technical features of the embodiments described above can be arbitrarily combined. In order to simplify the description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments have been described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, it should be considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The specific embodiments are only explanations of the present disclosure, and the embodiments are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Rather, various modifications may be made in the details within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims and without departing from the present disclosure. The scope of this present disclosure is not limited to the content of the description, and its technical scope shall be determined according to the scope of the claims. Such that the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A bucket for cleaning a flat mop, comprising a bucket body; and bucket cap covered on the bucket body; wherein the bucket body is provided with a squeezing section in middle thereof, and a clean water section and a drainage section provided on both sides of the squeezing section, respectively; the squeezing section comprises a mop rod receiving cavity and a mop head receiving cavity in communication with the mop rod receiving cavity; the clean water section is adjacent to the mop rod receiving cavity, and a flowing hole is defined between the clean water section and the mop rod receiving cavity; and the drainage section is adjacent to the mop head receiving cavity; the bucket cap is provided with a controlling valve component adjacent to the flowing hole, and the controlling valve component controls the clean water in the clean water section to flow into the squeezing section via the flowing hole.
 2. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the mop rod receiving cavity is higher than a bottom surface of the mop head receiving cavity.
 3. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 1, wherein an overflow groove is defined on a sidewall of the squeezing section adjacent to the drainage section.
 4. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 1, wherein a first blocking plate and a second blocking plate are provided between the drainage section and the clean water section, the first blocking plate is connected to an end of the mop rod receiving cavity adjacent to the clean water section, and the second blocking plate is connected to an end of the mop head receiving cavity adjacent to the drainage section.
 5. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 1, wherein the controlling valve component comprises an adjusting rotary knob provided on the bucket cap, a valve spool connected to the adjusting rotary knob, and a sealing plug mounted on the valve spool, an end of the valve spool is mounted to a bottom of the clean water section, and the sealing plug plugs on the flowing hole.
 6. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 1, wherein a squeezing device and a pulley received in the mop head receiving cavity are mounted on the bucket cap, and the squeezing device is opposite to the pulley.
 7. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 6, wherein the squeezing device comprises a water diverting plate, a diverting rod mounted on an end of the water diverting plate, and a jagged scraping plate above the water diverting plate, a gap is formed between the water diverting plate and the jagged scraping plate, and the diverting rod is slidably mounted on the bucket cap.
 8. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 7, wherein the water diverting plate comprises a tilted end, and the tilted end extends away from the jagged scraping plate.
 9. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 7, wherein extending lines of the water diversing plate and the jagged scraping plate form an angle ranging from 30°-50°.
 10. The bucket for cleaning the flat mop of claim 7, wherein the bucket cap comprises a tilted surface above the jagged scraping plate, and a plurality of discharge holes a defined on the tilted surface. 